Trial against 3 former police officers accused along with Derek Chauvin in the George Floyd case postponed

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Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were to face trial on on charges of aiding and inciting both murder and manslaughter. the agents, Derek Chauvin, has already been convicted of manslaughter and manslaughter charges. The four officers also face federal charges alleging they violated the civil rights of Floyd during his arrest on of May.

Judge Peter Cahill said he changed the date so the federal case can move forward first. Also said that he felt the need to put some distance between the judgment of the three officers and that of Chauvin due to the publicity surrounding the case.

News that the trial was being postponed came during a hearing held Thursday on pre-trial motions.

The defense attorneys for the three former officers agreed to the postponement.

The state, through the Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank , did not support the delay. It was unclear at Thursday’s motions hearing who was originally seeking the change, reported The Associated Press .

Cahill also weighed Thursday a request that prosecutors be sanctioned after media reported that Chauvin had planned to plead guilty a year ago and allegations that they have not disclosed information about the alleged coercion of a witness.

The attorneys for Lane, Kueng and Thao have said they want the court to require prosecutors to submit affidavits that they are not responsible for the media leak. In a presentation Wednesday night, Hennepin was coerced into including “neck compression” in his findings,

Attorney General Keith Ellison filtration are bogus. His office had no immediate comment on the allegations of coercion. A spokeswoman for Dr. Andrew Baker, the medical examiner, said they were unable to comment due to the pending case.

Chauvin, who was seen in a video of onlookers pressing his knee against the neck of Floyd when the African American man said he couldn’t breathe, was convicted in April of unintentional murder in the second degree, murder in the third degree and manslaughter. He will be sentenced on 25 June.

The three former officers waived their right to appear at Thursday’s hearing. His trial was separated from that of Chauvin to comply with space restrictions for COVID – in the courtroom.